Dynamically reconfigurable metasurfaces using phase change materials

STATEMENT of WORK (Aydin team at Northwestern) Year 1: 1-) Perform numerical simulations using FDTD for dynamic beam steering 2-) Optical characcterization of VO2 samoles using FTIR 3-) Nanofabrication of metasurfaces on VO2 thin films Year 2: 1-) Numerical simulations of metasurfaces for reconfigurable focusing 2-) Fabricate and characterize hybrid metasurfaces Year 3: 1-) Perform full-field electromagnetic wave modelling for polarization tunable metasurfaces based on phase-transition 2-) Demosntration of reconfigurable focusing and polarization tuning 3-) Final evaluation of hybrid metasurface device performances